Rio Olympic Amazing! Read How A Saudi Judo Competitor.Avoided Fighting Her Next Opponnent Because She Was An Isreali
A Saudi judo competitor
forfeited her first round match at the Olympic Games to avoid going up against
a rival from Israel, it has been claimed.
Joud Fahmy was supposed
to have taken on Christianne Legentil from Mauritius for the right to take on
Israel's Gili Cohen in the next round.
But before the clash,
Saudi officials tweeted that she had injured her arm and leg during training
and that medics had told her to pull out.
Saudi
Arabia and Israel have no official relations and the kingdom prohibits its
citizens from travelling to Israel. It also does not grant visas to Israelis.
In
the end, five-time Israeli champion Cohen, 25, was beaten by Christianne
Legentil.
Fahmy
was one of four women Saudi Arabia sent to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics,
doubling its female participation after two women.
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